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Rio Tinto Plc has suspended operations at its Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah following a wall slide and is currently assessing the damage, the company says.
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RTI International Metals Inc. anticipates higher-than-forecast first-quarter operating results now that a logjam in duty-drawback payments has been broken.
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Melting-grade nickel premiums continue to languish in the 15- to 25-cent-per-pound range, with market participants reporting slack demand in the spot market.
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Moly Mines Ltd. will replace four members of its board of directors, including Liu Han, chief executive officer of majority shareholder Sichuan Hanlong (Group) Co. Ltd.
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Special-high-grade zinc premiums are holding firm and could be poised to inch higher as sinking prices on the LME encourage some would-be buyers to come in off the sidelines.
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U.S. brass mill product imports fell 3.5 percent in February compared with the same month last year, while exports rose 2.2 percent, according to Copper and Brass Fabricators Council data.
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Constellium has renamed its three core business divisions in order to better reflect the commercial focus of each unit.
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Copper and steel prices should rise over the course of 2013 as Chinese demand rebounds following the country’s leadership transition, according to VTB Capital Plc.
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Copper mining projects are facing increased delays due to cost overruns, among other factors, according to Jay K. Grewal, Capstone Mining Corp.’s senior vice president of strategy and stakeholder affairs.
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As the House and Senate mull proposals for immigration reform, some trade groups have evinced general support for reform while others are holding back as they wait to see what emerges.
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The United Steelworkers union supports immigration reform and believes that a sensible change in policy would benefit the metals industry and the broader economy, a USW official said.
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The aluminum industry is prepared to meet increasing demand from the automotive industry and other potential growth markets.
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Russian metal and mining companies are focusing on lowering capital expenditures to attract investment and limit exposure, according to speakers at the VTB Capital Investment Forum in New York.
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Xstrata Nickel has started metal production at its $5-billion Koniambo nickel project in the South Pacific island of New Caledonia, the company said April 11.
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Trevali Mining Corp. has completed construction of its Santander zinc-lead-silver mine in Peru, despite challenging weather conditions in the Andes.
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W. Brook Hamilton has been named president of extruder Bonnell Aluminum Inc. effective June 1, parent company Tredegar Corp. said April 9.
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There is no evidence that copper end-users "will not be able to obtain their desired brands of copper at their desired locations" as a result of a physical copper ETF, according to the SEC.
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Years of recession and the lessons gleaned from those tough times have helped aluminum producers cope with current low prices on the London Metal Exchange, according to industry executives.
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The North American aluminum industry is seeing demand recover to pre-recession levels, according to Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp.’s top executive.
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Physical copper premiums don’t reflect market fundamentals, an indication that "the copper value chain is broken," according to Luvata vice president of metals Ian Scarlett.
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Incentivizing copper’s movement into LME warehouses for financing deals is unhealthy and doesn’t reflect the underlying market fundamentals, Thomas Keller Lippold said.
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Global copper fabricator Luvata has lowered its expectations for 2013 sales but remains uncertain how the rest of the year will play out.
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The aluminum industry has a good story to tell to both Republicans and Democrats when it comes to meeting stricter fuel economy standards in the United States, according to one political journalist.
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Copper producer Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) made contingency plans to cope with the one-day national strike April 9, which the company said was unjustified, president and chief executive officer Thomas Keller Lippold told AMM.